Kecun Soviet Area in Kecun, Yi County

On December 18, 1934, it was led by Fang Zhimin, Chairman of the Military and Political Committee, Liu Chou, Commander of the Corps

Xi, Le Shaohua, Political Commissar of the Corps, Su Yu, Chief of Staff of the Corps, and Liu Chou, Director of the Political Department of the Corps. Ying and others led the anti-pioneer team into the Kecun area. A three-day rest was carried out in Kecun.

At that time, Ke Village, located on the border of Yixian, Qimen, Shidai and Taiping counties, after the peasant uprising in August, the Southern Anhui Soviet government was established and opened up a red land with a radius of more than 100 miles. area. After the anti-pioneer team arrived in Kecun, Fang Zhimin presided over a series of meetings, summarizing the reasons for the failure of the Battle of Tanjiaqiao, studying the next action plan, conducting political and ideological education for the troops, and improving the morale of the entire army. Get high again. Fang Zhimin also met with Ning Chunsheng and Liu Yubiao, the leaders of the Wannan Soviet Area, and after listening to their situation reports, he pointed out: Now the entire situation has changed, and the main Red Army has to take action. It is not appropriate for you to continue to engage in the Soviet movement here. The Kuomintang will not resist Japan, and we To organize a march north to resist Japan, your Soviet area does not have many armed forces. Ning Chunsheng brought more than 300 people, and you yourself have more than 200 people. With a force of only more than 500 armed forces, it is difficult to persist here. He also pointed out: You must now gradually transform the Soviet area into a guerrilla area. Adopt the method of strengthening the walls and clearing the country to protect the masses and strengthen secret work. A reconnaissance battalion was left from the Anti-Pioneer Team, and the original Wannan Red Army guerrilla brigade was added to form the Wannan Red Army Independent Regiment. Fang Zhimin gave the Independent Regiment three major tasks: to carry out guerrilla warfare; to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda; and to vigorously develop secret work in the White Areas. Fang Zhimin also left an inscription in Kecun that read, "Hold the gun tightly and let him storm", which inspired the fighting spirit of the officers and men of the Red Army in southern Anhui.

While the anti-pioneer team was in Kecun, every village hung red flags, posted slogans, beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers. The Poor Peasants Group killed pigs to deliver food and cloth shoes to the Red Army. They organized stretcher teams day and night to send more than 300 wounded and sick Red Army patients to Xinpeng General Hospital and two branches of Sanhe Sunjia and Wangcun Laoshan for treatment. The wounded and sick who had been treated were transferred with the army; the seriously wounded who were not treated were later dispersed or killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries.

Fang Zhimin also spoke at a mass meeting in Kecun, leading the crowd in shouting: "In order to win the final victory in going north to resist Japan, the Red Army formed millions of irons," "The Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants Long live! Long live the Communist Party of China!"

Approaching the city wall

On the third day of the anti-pioneer team's stay in Kecun, the enemies pursuing them from all directions invaded and occupied the area around Kecun. After placing the wounded, the anti-pioneer team began to leave Kecun at dawn on December 22. They divided their troops at Meixikou and passed through Xiangkou, Yangjiadun, Daxing, Yicun, Hongqiang, Shuangkeng and other villages, crossing Diaoyu Ridge, Fangjialing and Zhangling reach the center of Yixian County.

When the leading troops of the Anti-Japanese War Army marched to Jiantai Mountain and Baguading in Bishan, they encountered the Kuomintang strong men. After hearing the news, the Kuomintang County Magistrate Zhuang Jixian and the captain of the Nanchang Rangers Stationed in Yi Squadron, Zeng Zhenguo, led The security team rushed to block the attack. The anti-pioneer team mobilized part of its troops to occupy the commanding heights of Baguading, Jinjishi and Dashitai, and engaged them in battle from before noon until four o'clock in the afternoon. In this battle, many enemies were killed and several captured. I only sacrificed one soldier. Zhuang Jixian waited for his defeat and fled back to the county seat, closing the city gate tightly. After the battle, the anti-Japanese pioneer team advanced in separate directions to Fengkou, Changling, Guangcun, Guzhu, Gantian, Guanlu, Chiling and other villages in the southwest of the city. Along the way, they publicized our party's anti-Japanese propositions and posted "The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Goes North to Resist Japan" Declaration", and wrote slogans such as "Oppose Japanese imperialism to occupy the three eastern provinces", "Support the Chinese Soviets", "Down with all imperialism", "Down with the bullies", etc. At the same time, the enemy was built in Sizhou Nunnery and ancient buildings with glazed pillars in Fengkou. , Guanlu descend and other places were all burned down. Everywhere the troops go, they must understand the sentiments of the people and appease the masses. In Zhongguang Village, the property of the New Life Sales Cooperative was confiscated and distributed to poor farmers. On December 23, the anti-pioneer team crossed Taoling from Chiling Village, passed through the border between eastern Qimen and southern Yi County, headed towards Dangjin Street in Xiuning, and moved to the Landu and Lantian areas.

Visiting Yixian again

After the anti-pioneer team left Yixian on December 23, they faced the enemy's pursuit and blockade, and fought back and forth in Xiuning, Tunxi, Shexian, Between Jixi and other counties.

On December 31, it moved south from Tangkou. After two fierce battles with the Kuomintang's 1st and 21st supplementary brigade in Fangcun and Gangcun of She County, it moved to Liren and Gaoqiao in Xiuning and Dongkeng and Li County in Yi County. From villages such as She, Lingxiazhu, Mukeng, etc., you can go directly to Hongcun and Jicun for camping. Hongcun and Jicun are market towns facing each other across the river. When the troops arrived, in order to avoid disturbing the masses, they rested by the roadside and cooked and warmed themselves under three big trees by the river. Those who saw it were moved. The next day, New Year's Day, when the anti-pioneer team arrived in Bishan, they learned that a group of landlords and gentry were oppressing poor peasants. They immediately arrested and executed six of the ringleaders on the spot to eliminate harm to the people.

In view of the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, the situation of the anti-pioneer team is becoming increasingly dangerous. It is also the middle of winter with rain and snow. The Red Army commanders and soldiers, wearing thin clothes, quickly passed through Yixian County and took refuge from the direction of Qimen Jinzipai. The enemy is in danger and plans to return to the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Soviet areas to rest and recuperate. On January 10, after a fierce battle with the blocking enemy 49th Division, they entered Majin, Kaihua County. At this point, the anti-Japanese advance team heading north ended its operations in southern Anhui.

Although the time the anti-Japanese advance team went north to fight in Yixian was short-lived, they were not afraid of powerful enemies and fought tenaciously on their journey to promote the anti-Japanese propositions of the Communist Party of China and spread the revolutionary fire. The strict military discipline of being honest and honest, fair in business transactions, and caring for the masses has had a profound impact on the people of Yixian County. In particular, under the severe military situation, the Wannan Red Army Independent Regiment founded by Fang Zhimin in Kecun was protecting Wannan. After the Soviet area was turned into a guerrilla zone, it moved to the borders of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and expanded into an independent regiment of the Red Army in Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. It made a significant contribution to the persistence of the three-year arduous guerrilla war.